 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 556 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. § 6- And, though Tightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the... | |
 | John Ruskin - Painting - 1860 - 452 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot...capability of pique on points of honor. § 6. And, though lightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of nobleness is not in... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 pages
...gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foct; but in the way he will lift his foot if a child lies...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. And, though Tightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English essays - 1866 - 374 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot;...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. And, though Tightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. And, though rightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 372 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot;...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. And, though rightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - 148 pages
...elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor his clumsy foot, but in the way he will lifi. his foot if a child lies in his way, and in his sensitive trunk, and still more sensl tive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. Ru:kin. VANITY AND AFFECTATION. I will... | |
 | Sarah Annie Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) Frost - History - 1869 - 190 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot,...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honor " Hence it will follow, that one of the probable signs of high breeding in men generally will be their... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1869 - 364 pages
...will find that his non- vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot;...sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honour. And, though tightness of moral conduct is ultimately the great purifier of race, the sign of... | |
 | Etiquette - 1870 - 268 pages
...will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot,...still more sensitive mind, and capability of pique on one of the probable signs of high breeding in men generally will be their kindness and mercifulness;... | |
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... in glow of battle, and behave itself like iron. I do not mean to call an elephant a vulgar animal ; but if you think about him carefully, you will find that his non-vulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature ; not in... 
